Hand-bag construction



Oct 1935- J. FERRARA HAND BAG CONSTRUCTION Filed May 21. 1935 INVENTORJohn F errara ATTORNEYS I Patented l, 1935 g I UNITED STATES PATENTOFFICE HAND-BAG CONSTRUCTION John Ferrara, Brooklyn, N. Y. ApplicationMay 21, 1935, Serial No. 22,509 9 Claims. (01. 150-29) This inventionrelates to hand-bags. To the inner faces of blocks l and 25 I at- It isthe general object of this invention to tach, preferably by gluing, alining whose halves 4 devise a hand-bag construction which shall be aredesignated as 32 and 42. neat and trim in formation and appearance andThe tops. of the blocks 15 and 25 are pref- 5 at the same time shall besecure and solid in erably grooved as indicated at l8 and 28, theseconstruction; in which the bag material shall grooves preferably slopingin slightly from near be well secured all along its edge so that it willthe outer edges and sloping in steeply from near not pucker and bedeformed and in which at the inner edges. the same time a minimum offinal-assembly The ends of the blocks are grooved the same 10 fasteningsare required. way, as indicated at' 19 and 29. 10

Further objects of the invention are to achieve To the outer faces ofthe blocks i5 and 25 I the above with the greatest ease of assembly andattach, preferably by gluing, the bag proper, of in particular to do. sowithout crimping metal leather, fabric, or other material, its-twohalves over the leather or other bag material in a'ssembeing indicatedas 33 and 43.

l5 bly, since such operations require special ma- The top edges of thebag member are folded chinery and skilled labor and result inconsiderover the tops of the blocks and glued thereto, able spoilage ofexpensive leather or other mapreferably lying flat against the widersides of terial. I the grooves.

Further objects will become apparent during At the ends also a margin ofthe bag material 20 the course of the following description. ispreferably folded over and glued in the groove 20 In the drawing, in thesame way. The lining also is preferably Fig. 1 is a perspective view ofa hand-bag folded over the edge and down into the groove. made inaccordance with my invention; The lining and outer bag material areprovided Fig. 2 is a horizontal section on the line 2--2 with holescorresponding to the holes 16 and in Fig. l, but with some of the partsspread 26, the holes being preferably formed all the 25 apart; waythrough after the lining and outer bag ma- Fig. 3 is a vertical sectionon the line 3-3 of terial have been glued to the blocks. Fig. l; it willbe seen that the assembly of my hand- Fig. 4 is a sectional view of amodification; bag is very simple. The lining and outer bag Fig. 5 is apartial elevation of the modification material are glued to the blocks.The block as- 30 shown in Fig. 4; semblies are then placed inside theflanged frame Fig. 6 is a sectional view of another modiflmembers inwhich they .just fit nicely. The cation; and grooves in the tops andends of the blocks facili- Fig. '1 is a partial elevation of themodiilcatate assembly, for they prevent the edges of the tion shown inFig. 6. leather or other material from catching against 35 The hand-bagof my invention as illustrated the edges of the frame members uponinsertion in Figs. 1-3 comprises a frame'consisting of two of the blockassemblies. Also the grooves promembers ill and 20 pivoted together asat 30. vide room at the ends of the blocks for the extra A clip 3| isprovided to lock the frame members thickness of leather or othermaterial where it 40 together. a Ls folded at the corners, thus avoidinghaving 40 The frame members have horizontal top either bumps or looseedges. flanges H and 21 and vertical flanges I2 and 22 After the blockassemblies have been inserted, running the length of the bag, and endflanges headed bolts 34 and 44 are screwed into-the inl3 and 23.ternally threaded lugs l4 and 24. These simple 45 The frame members haveinternally threaded operations which can be performed by practical- 5lugs 14 and 24 secured to the outer walls of the ly anyone, complete theassembly of the handvertical flanges l2 and 22, pointing outwardly bag,giving a neat, simple article, in which the and preferably ending shortof the outer edges only holding means which show are the heads of of thetop flanges. the bolts, which can be formed as stars, or as Verticallyrigid spacer blocks or bars l5-and buttons of contrasting color, or inmany other 50 25 of wood or the like flt within the Us formed ways, toactually enhance the appearance of the by the flanges, and areapproximately flush with hand-bag. the outer edges of the top flanges.These blocks Variations of this construction, generally simihave holes16 and 26 therethrough corresponding lar thereto, may be employed. Forexample, the

tothe lugs l4 and 24, threadedlugs, holes, and headed bolts may be 55 Idispensed with and instead flat-head screws may be screwed into the endsof the blocks through countersunk holes in the end flanges. As anotheralternative, nuts could be set into the blocks, not visible from theoutside, and bolts screwed into them through countersunk holes in thevertical longitudinal flanges.

In Figs. 4 and 5 I have illustrated a modification of my invention inwhich the general assembly with pivoted double frame is the same as thatof Figs. 1-3 but the flanged frame member 50, having horizontal flangeBI and vertical flange 52 and provided with threaded lugs 53, has flttedtherein a unitary assembly consisting of a vertically rigid block 54 towhich are attached cover member 55 and liner member 66, secured theretoby gluing, by tacks 51 as shown, or otherwiseprovided only that thesecuring points must not be so widely spaced as to allow pulling andpuckering of the bag. The block assembly is then fastened on by headedbolts 58.

With this construction it is to be noted that the block, cover, andlining are all assembled to the frame structure at one operation, with a.minimum of fastening to be done at this relatively awkward stage, thecover and liner having been fastened to the block beforehand. Also thatthe block is visible across the top outside the cover member, whichmakes possible a unique and attractive appearance when the bar is formedof molded plastic, plated metal, or other goodlooking material, whichpreferably is of a color contrasting with the cover material. Also thata minimum of attaching mechanism is visible on the outside, whileadequate continuous or closely spaced fastening is provided for theflexible cover material itself.

In Figs. 6 and '7 is shown another modification in which the generalassembly with pivoted double frame is the same but in which frame member60 has horizontal flange 6|, vertical flange 62, and studs 63, whichneed not be .threaded. The liner 64 and cover 65 are secured, by gluing,sewing, as illustrated, or otherwise provided only that the securingpoints must not be so widely spaced as to allow pulling and puckering ofthe bag-to a reinforcing bar or block 66. This reinforcing strip neednot be thick, but need only serve as a bridge so that if the stripitself is supported at a few points, for example, two, it will bevertically rigid enough to keep the entire top edge of the cover membersupported substantially in line, whereby pulling and puckering isavoided. The reinforcing strip 66, cover member 65, and liner 64 haveholes corresponding to the studs 63, whereby they flt over the studs andagainst flange 62. A block or bar 61 has holes 68 bored part way intothe inner face thereof into which the studs 63 seat when the block 61 isplaced within the angle of the frame member. In this modification endwings 68 are provided on the frame member, and these are bent over theblock after insertion thereof. Thus the wings together with flange 62hold the block into a determined plane, and the studs 63 hold it withinthat plane. At the same time a minimum of attaching means is visible onthe outside and the cover and liner are securely held all the way alongby their substantially continuous fastening to the reinforcing strip 66,preferably augmented by a tight frictional fit produced in bending overthe wings 69.

It will be understood that many variations from the above embodimentsmay be made without departing from the spirit of my invention. and

also that the hand-bag" need not be of the size and shape indicated inthe drawing but may be an over-night bag or any kind of purse, bag, orpiece of luggage, Just so long as it embodies the construction of myinvention. Hence I wish to be 5 limited not to the specific formsdisclosed herein, but only to the scope of the appended claims, in whichthe term hand-bag" is not to be understood as limited to any one type ofportable container but rather as applying broadly to any type ofhand-bag coming within the spirit of this invention.

I claim: I

1. A hand-bag comprising a pair of pivoted L-section frame membersbacked up together and 15 open at their bottom and outer sides, threadedlugs on the non-adjacent faces of the side flanges thereof. a block.assembly for each of the frame members, a bag cover member secured toboth blocks, holes through the blocks registering with 20 the threadedlugs, and cooperating threaded and headed members extending into theholes in the blocks and securing the blocks to the frame members.

2. A hand-bag comprising a pair of pivoted 25 L-section frame membershaving their open faces at the bottom and outer sides, blocks toflt-within said frame members, a bag cover member extending over theouter faces of the blocks, means to secure said bag cover member to saidblocks, a 30 liner extending over the inner faces of the blocks betweensaid inner faces and the frame members, and means independent of saidfirst-mentioned securing means to secure said blocks to said framemembers. 35

3. In a hand-bag a frame member having a longitudinal vertical flangeand a longitudinal horizontal flange, a block member fltting within theangle formed by said flanges, a liner between the inner face of theblock and the 40 vertical flange and secured to the block, and a coverover the outer face of the block and secured to the block.

4. In a hand-bag a frame member having a longitudinal vertical flangeand a longitudinal horizontal flange, a block member fltting within theangle formed by said flanges, means to secure said block member to saidframe member, and a bag cover member extending over the outer face ofsaid block and over between the top of said block and the horizontalflange of the frame member, said bag cover member being secured to saidblock.

5. In a hand-bag a frame member having a 55 longitudinal vertical flangeand a longitudinal horizontal flange, a block member fitting within theangle formed by said flanges, means to secure said block member to saidframe member, a bag cover member extending over the outer face of 60said block and over between the top of said block and the horizontalflange of the frame member, and a liner member extending up between theinner face of said block member and the vertical flange of the framemember, said cover member 55 and said liner member being secured to saidblock member by means independent of the means for flange of the framemember, said cover member 6. In a hand-bag an L-section frame member, anassembly to flt in said frame member com- 70 prising a block memberhaving a groove in the top thereof and a bag cover member extending overthe outer face of the block member and over the top thereof into saidgroove, means to secure the bag cover member to the block member, and 75independent means insecure the block assembly within the frame member.

7. In a hand-bag an L-section frame member, an assembly to fit in saidframe member comprising a block member having a groove in the topthereof and a bag cover member extending over theouter face of the blockmember and over the top thereof into said groove, means to secure thebag cover member to the block member, a liner member extending over theinner face of the block member and over the top thereof into saidgroove, means to secure the liner member to the block member, andindependent means to secure the block assembly within the frame member.

8. In a hand-bag having a pair of outwardly and downwardly angled framemembers, a cover, a liner, a pair of first blocks fitting within theangles of said frame members and having the top side edges of the 'coverand liner secured thereto all along their lengths without any largeenough spaces between points of attachment to permit pulling andpuckering, a pair of second blocks fitting outside said first blockswithin the angles of the frame members, means common to blocks of bothpairs to prevent endwise and vertical movement thereof, and means actingon the blocks of the second pair to hold both against movement away fromthe vertical flanges of the frame members.

9. A hand-bag comprising a pair of pivoted L-section frame members, eachof said frame members having a vertical inner flange and a horizontaloutwardly extending top flange, the bottom and outer side of each ofsaid frame members being completely open and free from additionalflanges over such sides, a block fitting within the space defined by theangle of each frame member, said block being of substantial thickness,its outer face being substantially flush with the outer edge of thehorizontal flange of the frame member and said block extending amaterial distance in under said flange, a bag cover member extending upalong a side face of each of said blocks, and means for securing saidbag cover member in place in relation to said frame members, and meansfor securing said blocks within the angles of said frame members, saidlastnamed means being so arranged as to be effective in securing saidbag cover member in place.

JOHN FERRARA.

CERTIFICATE OF CORRECTION.

Patent No. 2,015,888. October 1, 1935.

JOHN F ERRARA.

It is hereby certified that error appears in the printed specificationof the above numbered patent requiring correction as follows: Page 2,second column, line 68, claim 5, strike out the words "flange of theframe member, said cover member" and insert instead securing the blockmember to the frame member.; and that the said Letters Patent should beread with this correction therein that the same may conform to therecord of the case in the Patent Office.

Signed and sealed this 5th day of November, A. D. 1935.

Leslie Frazer (Seal) Acting Commissioner of Patents.

